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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1966
Page
1
Minnie Cotton, 57, clashed with brawling players during the Rugby League championships final in St Helens England. Police removed her from the field after a violent incident that followed previous confrontations. She vowed to watch from the stands with weapons at home as spectators watched the drama unfold.
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan watched a Surveyor moon probe lift off from Cape Kennedy. They then returned to training for their Gemini 9 rendezvous and spacewalk, with their blastoff set for Wednesday at 12 38 p m.
A Cuban communique said a US launched boat landing two infiltrators west of Havana was sunk after being fired on by Cuban soldiers. Two others were wounded and captured. two suspected to have drowned. Cuban Navy engaged the craft about 10 miles offshore, with a direct hit destroying it.
A seven foot, 300 pound ostrich named Calamity escaped from a mobile trailer en route from Springfield to Urbanajt. Police received reports of a real UFO sighting before the bird vanished into darkness at 60 mph. A search was launched as Jean Holder transports the bird for a Champaign County Fair appearance.
A Brooklyn attorney says he bought two 15th century Durer portraits for 500 after World War II. The works, possibly Hans and Felicitas Tucher, are stored at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and authorities weigh ownership amid postwar art restitution debates.
Baltimore students rediscover a set of portraits once misidentified as part of a wartime era collection. The art, hung in a Brooklyn home, was misread by children during a recent school closure caused by a severe blizzard.
Louise Ceraso a 63 year old Brooklyn widow died early today from a stroke after 13 days with a mechanical auxiliary ventricle implanted at Maimonides Hospital. She outlived four other patients in the experimental heart pump program and was described as gallant and courageous by hospital spokesmen.
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